关税与贸易总协定经过 8轮谈判不断得到补充和加强 ,直至创立世界贸易组织 ,成为规范国际贸易行为的框架。非洲日渐边缘化 ,既与世贸组织体制限制弱小国家的作用、使之处于被动地位这一弱点有关 ,也与昔日非洲国家主观上不够重视多边贸易谈判密不可分。西雅图会议是非洲国家改变其处理世贸组织问题方法的分水岭 ,非洲国家正在积极参与“多哈回合” ,争取和捍卫非洲国家应有的权益与地位。但近期在农业、纺织业、与贸易相关的知识产权和专利协议问题、谈判应对新议题的能力等诸多方面面临严峻的挑战。非洲国家必须格外小心地走好每一步。 After eight rounds of negotiations, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has been continuously supplemented and strengthened until the establishment of the World Trade Organization and the framework for regulating international trade. The increasingly marginalization of Africa is both related to the weak role of the WTO system in its role of weakening the status quo and making it a passive status. It is also inseparable from the subjective emphasis paid by the former African countries on multilateral trade negotiations. The Seattle meeting is a watershed for African countries to change their approach to the WTO issue. African countries are actively participating in the “Doha Round” and fighting for and safeguarding the due rights and status of African countries. However, in the recent years, they face severe challenges in agriculture, textiles, trade-related intellectual property and patent agreements, their ability to negotiate and deal with new issues and so on. African countries must take every step with utmost care.